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Salmon FISH Act

Introduced: January 25, 2022 Introduced by: Huffman, Jared Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 117th Congress ended
It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 2022
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 8, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jan 28, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jan 28, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Jan 28, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Jan 28, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Jan 25, 2022
Introduced in House
Jan 25, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Salmon Focused Investments in Sustainable Habitats Act or the Salmon FISH Act

This bill addresses identifying, restoring, and protecting salmon conservation areas and salmon strongholds in the United States.

Specifically, the bill

  • requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to jointly issue guidance on the process and biological criteria required to identify salmon conservation areas and salmon strongholds; and
  • directs the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in collaboration with NOAA to provide grants to certain entities to protect or maintain salmon conservation area or salmon stronghold features and projects that are focused on conservation and restoration within a salmon conservation area or stronghold, including to restore or maintain ecological functions and processes related to salmon productivity and diversity at watershed or subwatershed scales.
What's happening now March 17, 2022

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 8
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
Blumenauer, Earl
· Feb 9, 2022
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Jan 25, 2022
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jan 25, 2022
Lowenthal, Alan
· Jan 25, 2022
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Jan 25, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6491: Salmon FISH Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6491/
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"H.R. 6491: Salmon FISH Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6491/.
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H.R. 6491, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6491/.
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